Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story (Blu-ray)

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Format:  Blu-ray BD-R
item number:  76KY3
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Blu-ray BD-R Details

  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: September 1, 2020
  • Originally Released: 2019
  • Label: Aspiration Ent.

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 9
Rating: 10/10 -- Jump Shot does a remarkable job blending photographs, animations, and interviews to tell the touching story of a simple man whose amazing life continues to influence people to this day. Full Review
ComingSoon.net
Jun 5, 2020
This story, about a genuinely good man, is the perfect film for a sports-starved audiences during the quarantine. Full Review
Sister Rose at the Movies
Apr 20, 2020
Rating: 4/5 -- Jump Shot is an important basketball history lesson, shining a light on one of the game's unsung heroes who deserves more recognition. Full Review
ScreenRant
Apr 17, 2020
With archival footage from college basketball games in the 1940s and pro ball in the 1950s, Hamilton illustrates how much Sailors seemed like a time traveler from the future. Full Review
The Undefeated
Mar 12, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Jump Shot offers us an engaging glimpse at a largely forgotten piece of sports history. The story of Kenny Sailors, both as a ballplayer and as a man, is one that deserves to be told. Full Review
The Maine Edge
Apr 20, 2020
Rating: 4/5 -- [Kenny Sailors] deep love of his sport helps to make the film accessible even to those whose knowledge of it is limited. For basketball fans, the film is a must. Full Review
Eye for Film
Mar 13, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- Hamilton does a great job not only educating us about Kenny's impact on basketball and his career, but also gives us a window into what kind of man he was. Full Review
Orca Sound
Mar 17, 2019

Description by OLDIES.com:

Attendees of the 1943 NCAA Basketball Championships at Madison Square Garden witnessed something almost no one had ever seen before a "leaping one-hander", now known as the "jump shot", that revolutionized the game and launched an unheralded squad from the University of Wyoming to the trophy. JUMP SHOT is the inspiring true story of Kenny Sailors, the developer and innovator of the shot that defined the game of basketball without letting it define him. When an unstable, emerging league now known as the NBA came calling, Kenny Sailors was ready to take the jump shot to the pros. But after a few years Kenny disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness only to be forgotten by the sport he helped pioneer. In JUMP SHOT we meet basketball superstars and a multitude of everyday people who Kenny's story has touched along the way. Kenny Sailors was an NCAA Tourney MVP, NBA pioneer, true cowboy and homesteader in the Alaskan frontier, pioneer for female athletes, loving husband, father and community leader. JUMP SHOT is the story of a man with deep faith who brought to the game its greatest innovation, while always staying true to the things that matter most.

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This product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using Blu-ray BD-R recordable media. Almost all Blu-ray players can play BD-Rs, but the player might record an update from the manufacturer.
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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 107,404
  • UPC: 810044715934
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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